PDA Italy Chapter, announces the next congress on future of parenterals that will be held at “Hotel dei Principi” in Bari on 5th and 6th of October 2017.

On the first day, a series of case studies related to different technologies will be presented with the aim of sharing and discussing the main production and regulatory challenges and the way they have been overcome.

During the second day, there will be the opportunity to visit Merck manufacturing site, based in Modugno close to Bari, with a specific tour of the new of the new isolator technology and of the fully automated warehouse. Merck Modugno site is a "Fill & Finish" manufacturing site and it delivers products in more than 150 countries worldwide. The site is specialized in aseptic filling and packaging of biotech drugs in both freeze-dried and liquid form. It is established on an area of 125,000 square meters where 25,000 are occupied by the Plant consisting of several buildings: the production building, the laboratories, the warehouse, the services and utilities buildings, and the glass structure where the administrative offices of the Plant Management are located. The Site has received and successfully passed a large number (more than 30) of inspections by the Health Authorities of the major countries in the world including EMA (European Medicines Agency), U.S.FDA and CFDA China